The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, February 03, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text0 he Eugene Oratorio Society is Making Rapid Progress in its Rehearsals-Soon it Will be Singing for the Public City News HORiE EDITION THE WEATHER Rain tonight and ui "a . . ... w,a k motherly wind.. h-H" M""",y! n,,Xln""n L'T-..i: minimum 49; pre. .1 .t o. .49 of ! 0,re0 clplt.i' ..,h..,. stage VOL. 68 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY: EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1925 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 24 ,lo, of '" !of river, 9.4 feet. piper Promoted . . Tlfnnf ROLl Of E. B. J0"". nr of The Oregonlan. .ell-known in Eugene, having duated in Journa..u, . verslty of Oregon in 1924. is on the Associated Tress staff ' - ... it u announced. TO i formerly empiuy u, iU Lth American Newspaper ai- t in aescriu.uB -covering" the recent eclipse tninav u.rltpn: "Our .hp sun. mr. " tDt was to send up a large navy ne with a reporter, radio oper r photographer and astronomer. ,e men comimeu - rlption of the phenomenon as , from an altitude of 9000 feet dispatch was radioed to the . . .1 lai4 In und receiving stauuu, graph offices and sent, out iu our memberships." Mr. Piper , an associate editor of the id while In college, and a her of Sigma Delta Chi, na tal professional journalism fra jnity. Irene. Peper Passes (mother' chapter in the journalism Florence i written this ween wuu osssing of the "Siuslaw News. t New. grew out of the "Siuslaw (ion" and thnt in turn was the out Be of "The West." Ralph Moore in final issue of the New. states tnat community is too small to aupport eekly newspaper, shanks the Flo- Itincs tor loc.r ouwu.v, 30" on his last effort. aho st was established by George Mel- Miller in 1S89 and the same enuip- 1,1 and building is still in use, hav- enrried several names and now hits another. Another 1 loron:c spaper "The Pilot" was cstabliso hv Bob Huston some 12 to 13 rs ago, during the boom period in tern Lane. Tbis paper was sus- uled by Mr. Huston when indica- L9 were that the boomlct tiaa chtd its peak and was passing out. VICTIM STILL HELD BY ROCK E Skilled Stone Workers Are Turned Back; Vibration Of Earth Feared kcker Team Active Eugene checker players are bud of their ability in this cross kve game and they are about to foplete arrangements for a game th.the combined talent of Salem, tiany and Corvallis, according to mbera of the Eugene Chess and lecker club. The Eugeneans re. fitly won over a team from these es by the count of 162 to 136 h arc ambitious to repeat their :tory. Several local tournaments also being planned for the en- bsiaEls ot the Eugene club, It Is ported. The club which has te a representative member- is the focal point for this known indoor sport in Eugene 1 the players are strong in the iot that more skill and science required than In any other puc now on the books. Inquet Plans Attract Jetween l.",0 and 'J00 are expected bp Lincoln club dinner to be held Work Progresses But Slow ly; Hope Held Out For Rescue Soon CAVE C1TT, Ky., Feb. 3. OP) His hopes of being rescued alive gone Floyd Collins, 3.1, trapped in Sand cave near here sinco Friday morning, has been praying constantly . for se eral hours, rescue t workers reported late today when they emerged from four and a half hours weary labor at widening the passage way from the cdve entrance. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 3. COT Skilled stoue workers who came from Iuiaville Monday to assist in re leasing Floyd Collins, 35, from his prison in Sand cave where a boulder pinioned him Friday, planned to re turn this afternoon because they say their services have been declined. Other efforts to free -Collins con tinued but still are largely unorgan ised. . Employes of the Louisville Monu ment company, said to be experts in stone work and the use of drills, were not permitted .to enter tho cave for a survey and members of the Col lins family blocked their efforts to aid, one of the members of the firm said this afternoon. . VICTIM IS STANDING CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 8. UP) Floyd Collins, is not lying in a liv ing tomb, but is standing nearly erect, much like a person in a dentist's chair, one of the rescuers revealed today. Tho huge sandstone block which slipped and pinned one fell just as Collins was attempting to straighten himself for a squeeze through an eight-inch passage ahead Itcscucra today had carried away small pieces of stone and handsfull of mud until a pannage had been cleared beside Collins as far back as (lie evening of February 12, ae-j i,:s knct-K. The debris was removed lint to Ir. M. C. Han is.. prei-; hy niece through 150 feet of the '. The pinna for the event which ! (.llv0 tunnel where men crawled nine i' bron under way for the pant few! tenths of the way. The enve itself ls are Hlinping up well anil uiiiii ! t,.nn described as more of a sink Mgtiiiiiii tueir aiteutmn to Iv , i10,. thnn a cavern. Ilttin oud dripping water drain in rcmuintly from the mouth making a Id-foot drop before striking the un derground channel which 7.ig-isagn through jagged rocks at a decidedly fnt and hear of "Abraham I.in- I". His Life nnil Works." ns told b.v i'sc Lawrence T. Harris of Eugene, "ipr justice, of the Oregon supreme t. It i Imped by those promoting (Continued. on page five) (Continued on page three) . BULLETINS Scenes at Herrin, 111., Where S. Glenn Young Was Killed Battle Ground af ) Herrin is Shown OPEN HEAR OF STATE DRY GROUP IS HELD Executive Session Follows Meeting At Salem; Gov ernor Has Word Prohibition Department Is Defended; George Cleaver Also Praised ilSOFF WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The house today asserted its exclusive !t to initiate revenue legislation by voting to return- the postal p ml rato Increase bill to the senate. The vote was IZa to lo3. CONVICTION OF DR. COOK AFFIRMED NEW ORLEANS, Fob. 3. The United Stntea circuit court of ap is to,'ay affirmed tho conviction of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic florer, who last year was found guilty at. Fort Worth,, Texas, for nS the molls to defraud in connection with the sale of oil siock. WHEAT FOR MAY DELIVERY SLUMPS CHICAGO. Frh. 3-wke.t for Mav delivery broke sharply here fy about mid-session when the market touched 1 93 6-8 a bushel ping a decline of 6 7-8c to 6c as compared with the prevloua close a difference of 12',4c compared with the season's top record hed lsst week when wheat for May delivery Bold at 2.05 7-8. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Tbe house agricultural committee deeidi-d today to have drawn up a bill embody ing the recommendation of I'resident Ciiiilidije's agricultural conference, to 1-,'iiiu u ail suggestions excepting those relating to the tariff. This action was taken to give the committee a basis from which tif pro ceed. Chairman Hnugen announced he proposes to introduce a grain eiport bill similar to one introduced Inst week, iu the senate by Senator Mo Nary, republican ot Oregon, and which contuins many features of the old McNarj-IIaugen bill. The com mittee ti'ilsy took up the Capper-Wil- , liamt bill, designed to further co-op erative marketing, witJi Ilepresenta tive Williams, republican of Mirbiguu. testifying. PRESIDENT DISAPPOINTED WASHINGTON, Feli. 3 Although disappointed that bis farm relief pro gram has n"t been given priority by leadera in congress, I'resident Cool Idge is inclined to accept their judg ment and has no intention ot calling an extra session of congress to con sider farm legislation after .March 4. With members of congress from the agricultural states taking the posi tion that there is no emergency re quired action, the president would re gsrd their decision as matured Judgment. SENATOR MAYFIELD SEATED BY VOTE WASHINGTON. Feh J-11m nnata today seated Senator May- W. democrat of Texas, dismissing the contest brought by George U. PedllV. ricfentn.1 p.nillil.lA In lha 1423 election. f WHEELER CASE EVIDENCE GIVEN JURY WASHINQTON. Feb. a Evidence on which the department of '"e has announced lth ntirnn.it to hrlna new proceedings here in fase 0f scn.,nr tvh-,,1-- . Mnntuna was laid before a special fni Jury tud,y o the DhHrict of Columbia supreme court. FAVORABLE REPORT ON TREATY ORDERED WASHINGTON, Feb. J A favorable report on the Oerman com 'ilsl treat. i.k inAmv hv the senate r'sn relation. .nrn,i,. Logs Floated Out ToCushman Boom "llfTf-iit heavy rtiin Live ritRcd tlif If vM of tlic Hhiolflw and thin liaa r ulir in the rarrj-inf dowo "f about SIOO.fiOO f'ft of loir to the boom of the Siun'aw H'min compnny nr Cunhmnn, rmnlin to li. K. Itean. member of the mmpanj. Amul 1. 0tO,')O0 feet of l"ic It i etimated are ati!. on the upper rirer and theae re eipected to come down with the nt ti In tb rivrr, Mr. Ilean Mid. Mint of the lf ire being lent to the Cooi bay area for millUf. Jn observance of Hoy Scout anni versary week I'eb. 8 to V.l various merchsnt will be nsked to put in windows of a hoy , 81011 1 nnlure. Kvery effort wilt be innde by Itoy nout officinls to brine Ihoir artivi tics before the public, it is announc ed. The movement is barely1 a year old in Kngeiie, stnrtinK with the or (tHfiizntiou nf Troop No. 1 by the Amerk'an legion post and growing to three troops with the fourth under wny. 1 A meeting of reprrHmtntivcs from the various organizations ipon soring troops und from civic clubs in contemplated in tbe near future to organize a central controlling body or Hoy Scout council. Much an orgfltriza lion would promote scouting and so cure and train lenders for the vnri oiis troops. The latter is the most difficult thing about the movement, it ii said. Boys are always plentiful but the supply of leaders in always a prob lem. Troop No. 3 sponsored by the Klks, is in need of a scoutmaster sod nu asaistsnt at the present time, l-'rrd Chess Is bandting the troop now but baa time an taken up with high school activities that h ferls he cannot un dertake tha leadersb p permanently If sDyone feels that he would like to help lead this troop they can apply to !eorga McMorrnn or Fred Chen r attend the meeting of ihi trvp (n Thursday nights at the Kugne high school, is the announcement. Crater Park Head Pays Eugene Visit Cnlntirl Thoinifl'n, aiiiicriiitcniicii'. nf Crater Mke national park, in a KiiRcne visitor-' today fur a uliort ataj. The . colonel make hii hciid qunrtera In .Mrdford dtirlnic tif wio ter and whi-n the ti.ilifiiinl luirk i ntrn for traffic in tiie piiinmr th bcod'iuartrrs are moved into the park to Ana sprinira camp. An extensive pavinf program for th parlr roada is pianued for the romint j'nr as ap propriat.iima for this have been mad?, the superintendent slates. Following a gun battle which re sulted in tbn death of S. Glenn Young. Han leader, t vo of hia followcrH, and Deputy Sheriff Thomas at Herrin, III., a great crowd gathered at the morgue v.bero the bodies had been taken. Humor? of another outbreak ijuicted uhen national guardsmen ar rived 'to restort order. The picture abbve chows a part of the crowd which surrounded the morgue where th bodies were taken. A closeup view of the Bioue cigar store, where the gun . battle took plaice, ia given at tho left. Guards int'd hfV (in .duty at the-store. , A bul let Hole i,scen'iii the window. '' Toll in Feuds at v " Herrin Runs High During Past Year 1 . .llKltni.V, 111., Feb. 3. UP) A toll of 1-1 lives tins been taken, direct ly or indirectly,' In Williamson County Kin 11. and anti-KInn warfare In Ichb thnn a year. The county waa known ns "bloody Williamson" even DO years ago, but first came prominently into the national limelight as a result uf the mine riots June 22, 1022, In which 22 men were killed. The record of killings In the la.-t year follows: February 8 Constable Caesar Ci- le, a Klnnfnian, was killed when th Herrin city hospital was riddled by bul'els In n disorder following a aer iea nf Honor raids led by 8. Glenn Voung. Mar 2I--.lin-k Sk"lcher, one of tho alleged assailants of .Mr. and Mrs. K (ilenn Voung, in an attack the pre vious night, was killed when con nln'ilcs attempted to arrc?t him ul ill -Herrin cily limits. August .10 -Seven men, including Klaoamen and iititi-Kliinsinen, were killed In and near the John II. Smith garnge at Herrin when Sheriff (i.il lignn and Deputies attempted to ci.e as evidence the bullet riddled aedan if 8. (ilenn Young. January 24 S. Glenn Young and Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas killed each other nnil two otbera were slain in a ahnotlng affray in the European hotel building in Herrin. January .11 A man Identified a: Joseph Phillips an alleged anti-Klan man. was killed In the I.ymnr hotel it Herrin by rolleeman Ilufiis Wliltson Range Damaged by Recent Heavy Rain STATE HOUSE, 8AI.E.M. Ore, Feb. 0, W) There were acveral spots that scintillated with blue sparks in the public hearing last night by the committee investigating the atate prohibition department in the executive aeaBiun tJiat followed i The latter did not end until the hour hand on the state bouse dial had flagged past tho hour of midnight. Senator liarlaud opened the public hearing and culled on Governor IMcrce to speak. The governor said counties had been found where it was almoat im possible to get a conviction in a liij- uor case until sentiment had been created. In trying to enforce the law- he declared that Cleaver had earned his salary. "The funds with which we have to work is insufficient," said the gover nor. "Wc have hnd only about $500 for each county, but with that amount ;o have' worked -wonders; Hnd the chief .value liua been to put backbone into those officers who were reluctant to enforce the law, or who were not vigorous Jn their 'enforcement. Action Deferred. The governor defended bis action in turning over to WA J. Ilerwlg, of tbe Anti-Saloon league through Clea ver $1500 to bo used in the Inveitl gationa of Abe Weinberg, detective employed by tho Anti-Snloon lengue, and declared bo believed it money well spent. .Speaking of local officers Ihc governor commended District At torneys Keator of Umatilla county, Fisher of Cons, Connors of Yamhill, Stripp of Oregon City and others, but Nine of Caoba Crew Safe in Grays Harbor rOHTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3. UP) While efforts were being mnde this morning to briug into Astoria the waterlogged eteam schooner Caoba, one of tho vessel'a lifehoatH with nine men was brought into Aberdeen by tug which had picked it up off Grays Harbor. Four of tbe men suffering from exposure, are in hospitnls, but tho re mainder went to bed and aro behoved none tho worse for thoir experiences. The men went 30 hours without water in mountainous seas, according to First Mate Itignal. Their water cask broke as the two lifeboats were launched Sunday night. Late yesterday afternoon they were off the Columbia river but were turned back to aea by the ebbing tide. Rignall then decided to try for Grays Harbor and with the aid of an impro vised sail they had reached a point near hero at 4 o'clock this morning when they heard tho whistling buoy off Grays Harbor. SCHOONER OUTSIDE BAR PORTLAND. -Ore., Feb. 3. The waterlogged atcam schooner Cuobo, which has been adrift off tbe mouth of the Columbia river, without a crew was still outside the Columbia river bar at 10 a. m. yesterday, according to word from tho naval radio atation at North Bend. ' (Continued on page three) T LAYS CHARGES DF it :2 ENGINEER in KILLED; TWO ARE INJURED Locomotive Of Logging Lino Drops; Engineer Pinned Beneath Engine Two Brakemen Burned Bj Escaping Steam; Fireman Makes Escape TACOMA, Feb. 3 (A.P.) Har. ry Parker, engineer, was killed and Mike Nick and Earl Riley, brakomen, were severely burned, when the loco motive of a logging train plunged through a trestle on the Eastern Railway and Lumber company's Una -near Centralis, Wash,, this tr.Jrnlng. The body of parker was still pin ned under the looomotlvo several hours after the wreck. The .two brakemen wore riding In tha engine and were Injured by escaping steam. Fireman Sullivan escaped without serious Injury. The trestle that gave day under the locomotive Is about ten miles from Centralis. .t As the result of the steady rains of the past few weeks the target phs of the outdoor range of the national guard companies south nf the city bava cared In and considi rablo work will be necesaory. before the spring practice shooting can be held, ao cording to Major W. (J. White, battal ion commander. "If it i possible we will obtain another site for a range as the present one is not as good aa it could he," the mnjor said. "We have to shoot south, usually in the face of the sun, aoil it would be much better it the. riflemen could t face east," he states. An open site with at least 1000 jards would be necessary for a new r-ingo, tbe uiajot said. NOME, Alaska, Feb. 3. (P) Fa tigued from two days' loss of sleep and exhausted from driving a team nf dogs HO miles through a blinding hlir. Jtord for seven and one-bsif hours In order to deliver .'100,000 units of diph theria nntl loiln to this town yester day Gunnar Kosson was still sleeping early Imluy. Kasson accomplished a feat seldom attained by seasoned muebere of the sub-Antic. For two days he walled on the Irnil at Hliiff with thirteen I dogs, beaded by Hullo, nf the Ilnm- I nion Consolidated Gold Fields com pany, to transfer serum shipped from AiK-borage via Nenana from Olsen'a relay team. Leonard Nrppalln, unde feated niuher of the north, met a re lay team at Shnktolik, east of Norton Sound, and carried the anti-toxin to Oolofinin, on the north shore of Nor ton Mound. Hering sea, where Olsen anaitea him. Billiard is Faced. Despite a temperature of 28 de grees below xero and a blixiard fan ned by a stiff wind, Kasson mushed on. The storm and darkness prevent ed hiirt from meeting Fred Hohn at Solomon for the Inst short relay dash into Nome. He kept up the pace, however, and reached here at day breiik. Four dogs in the teom were badly frosen. Hohn arrived before noon from Sol- iomon alter ne learoea ivasson nau missed linn. No word bas beea receiv ed from Krppulla. The former Finnish athlete is ex- SALE.f, Ore., Fob. 3. Major Charles E. Gjedsted, four four yeers chief aaslstant to Adjutant-General George A. White of the Oregon na tional guard, who yesterday suddenly quit bis post without word of ex planation from himself or the adju tant general, today submitted bla res ignation, in writing to the adjutant general, from Portland. In addition ho forwarded a letter to Governor Pierce in which he declares that be resigned "in tbat I can feel free to bring to your attention certain irreg ularities committed by tbe adjutant general In Hia administration of the department." Specifications Ready "Hpcclflcatlona cover the Irregulari ties referred to will be submitted to you In duo course at your command for such action ns you may deem proper," continues Major Gjedsted In his letter to tho executive. Neither tho letter to tho governor, hl.i letter of resignation to General White, or a forniol letter which he sent to all officers of Ihc national guard advis ing them of tho resigualion givea any particulars as -to tho cause of the resignation or his split with the de partment. Gjedsted charges in his letter of (Continued on page five) Constable Has Wild Time Groundhog Day yesterday was groundhog day fur Constable John Mursh he lnmcnts to day la citing a few things tiiat hap pened In his life yesterday. First some boya got into bis garage and turntd on tbe tap to his motor oil Btipply and lot the rare and expensive fluid flow gayly over the floor. .About $7 will repair the loss, he states. Then a lot of dogs, both li censed and unliccusod, invaded his yard and destroyed a line full of clo thes drying. The constable is still optimistic. Police Department Adds J. B. Morrill J. B. Morrill waa appointed special officer on the Eugene police force to day, to handle cases arising out of failure of dog owners to obtain licen ses. This is tha result of the recent action taken by the city council, at which It was decided to old method of splitting the fees for dog licenses with the ting-catcher should be done wny with, and a special officer ap pointed at a flut salary to specialize In this work. Mr. Morrill woo sworn In to office today. STUDY NEAR END WASHINGTON, Fob. 3. Presi dent CoolidKo cxpocls to con clude his study of tho Tacna Arlca arbitration between Chllo and Torn by tho first of March and to annmtneo bis decision by tbat timo. TODAY -New Whitney Mount -"What People Think -The Ostracized Dozen (Continued on page ten) Ity AHTIUHl HM8BANB (Cnpyrlght, 101'fi, by War Company) Harry Payne "Whitney, an energetic young man who led the American polo players to victory agninat I'.ngland, carrlea new honors. Ho leads me country iu successful breeding of race horses. Ills colts and fillies earned more money than tho horses of any other breeder. . Thnt'a a great honor, and It is ap plauded as Its deserves. There is something else Mr. Whitney might do. He might duplicsto the total number of fighting airplanes owned by his country: And he might provide "jock eys" I Ion ia to say, first rlas pilots and mechanics, for those airplanca. ' The government has only twenty machines fit to take the air in battle. Mr. Whitney, and each one of a dozen men In his financial class, could eas ily dilpllcnte that without fcHing It. And Id tbe long run swift pursuit planes, ruling the air, might be more profitable to Mr. Whitney by protect. Ing his property than all the race borsea that were ever ruined in the (.'tilted Ktutes. The government apparently doean't intend to do anything In a hurry about protecting this couutry in the air. Pos sibly some of the young polo players will decide to give up their danger. us pouies ami try the excitement auj usefulness of snmewhut more danger ous work in the air. If every man in the I'nltid State! that owns and rides ten polo pouiea would own and ride one fast pursuit plune, able to overtake ami bring down an enemy- plane, thie country would be a good deal safer th.in It is. Judge Gary, In Pittsburgh, says that President Coolidge plana to es tablish ties abroad and that tbe presi dent "ia endeavoring to ascertain the (Continued on poge fou ) V.UMlhkWb